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Re:Fired employee deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000 by patrulek on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @03:38PM (#40662110)
Cant you just forget decryption credentials during the investigation?
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Re:Fired employee deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000 by ceejayoz on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @03:43PM (#40662167)
Sure. They may not believe you, though.

Related example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Beatty_Chadwick

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Re:Fired employee deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000 by meepmorp on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @11:46PM (#40665743)
I'd rather have the 14 years of my life than $2.5 million I can't even use. People are weird.
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Re:Fired employee deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000 by eddd-ddde on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @04:12PM (#40662521)
There are double encryption systems. You give your "password" and they access a volume, where another encrypted volume isn't even apparent.
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Re:Fired employee deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000 by Rinzler89 on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @03:48PM (#40662234)
You can, but depending on the justice system in your area, you might not want to.
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